IT world is running a story at the moment which says top VIA Technology execs have been indicted for "industrial espionage". Watch all the websites which VIA advertise avoid this story like the plague.

The Taipei District Public Prosecutors Office has accused both the chairman and the chief executive officer of Via Technologies Inc., a leading vendor of PC chipsets and other semiconductors, of copyright infringement and industrial espionage, a company executive confirmed on Monday.

The prosecutors office has prepared an indictment that accuses Via President and CEO Wenchi Chen and his wife, Via Chairman Cher Wang, as well as Via engineer Jeffrey Chang, of copyright infringement and industrial espionage, said Richard Brown, the company's associate vice president of marketing.